Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Sleepy Hollow 1.08 Review: Selling Your Soul for Vengeance

For all those that have yet to
watch Monday night’s episode of Sleepy
Hollow, entitled ‘Necromancer’, now would be a good time to go and do that
before reading ahead. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

This week’s episode was more of
what I was looking for: continuity, strong character development, and no focus
on the delusional romantic chemistry between Ichabod and Abby. Now we know who
the Horseman is, and while it might’ve been better if they kept Death as this
eternal Horseman, it does make a lot of sense concerning who they went with. And
this will certainly make things more interesting as the apocalyptic battle
moves forward.

Can I just say how much I love the
Captain? The pilot episode made it out to be like he might be some villain type
character, but I’m quite happy that that’s not the way they’ve chosen to go.
The actor does a phenomenally hilarious job in his role; I’m just completely
surprised this is the first time I’ve seen this guy around. He’s fantastic!

There are a few other things that
need to be commented on. First, Abby’s sister looks so much better with her
hair down because it’s not completely flattened down. Every time it’s up, it
makes her face look dramatically sharp. Also, how did no one think about what
if the power got cut off? That was the first thing I questioned when I started
the episode, so how could they not think of it. Also, it was pretty obvious
Abraham was Death as soon as Ichabod left him and didn’t see for certain that
he had been killed.

Overall, this is definitely the
way I prefer this series going. This was a much stronger episode than in weeks
before. I really loved the way all the good guys were able to come together
this episode in a cohesive unit. If they keep things up this way, I will
definitely get excited over a second season.

“Nope! Apologies, it’s this way.” – Ichabod remarks, after
leading Abby and Brooks in the wrong direction.

“Check your math, Adolph.” – the Captain tells the Hessian.

Okay, apologies for not posting this after the review of Almost Human, but I didn’t feel like
watching this last night. Here it is, even though my Internet is currently
down, so I don’t know when this will exactly be up…